The 30-year-old Queenslander joined Japan's Ayako Okamoto and three others honored posthumously - famed course designer Alister MacKenzie, writer Bernard Darwin and Scotsman Willie Park, who won the first British Open in 1860.

Webb qualified for the Hall of fame on points in 2000 but had to wait until this year's LPGA Championship before she had played the mandatory 10 years on the LPGA Tour to be eligible to take her place. As part of the criteria, Webb needed to play 10 events in 2005 to officially complete her 10th LPGA Tour season. The McDonald's LPGA Championship marked her 10th event this season.

Upon completion of her first round at the McDonald's LPGA Championship Presented by Coca-Cola June 9 in Havre de Grace, Md., Karrie Webb officially qualified for induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame through the LPGA Point System and became a member of the Class of 2005.

“On one hand, it seems like I've waited a long time for this,” said Webb. “But on the other hand, I look back at my career sometimes and can't believe how fast everything has gone and how much I've been able to accomplish. I feel very fortunate to be able to play the game I love for a living, and now to be an official Hall of Fame member is like a dream come true.”

“While Karrie Webb continues to be a shining star on the LPGA Tour, she is now a terrific addition to the World Golf Hall of Fame,” said Ty Votaw, LPGA commissioner emeritus. “She has firmly entrenched herself as one of the best players the LPGA has ever seen, and while we've known she would be a Hall of Famer since 2000, when she earned the requisite number of points needed to qualify, we are all excited to see her officially achieve this milestone at the McDonald's LPGA Championship, a tournament she won in 2001 to complete the LPGA Career Grand Slam.”

“Karrie has worked extremely hard and is richly deserving of this honor as she joins fellow Australians Peter Thomson and Greg Norman in the Hall of Fame,” said Jack Peter, the Hall's Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. “We look forward to getting to know her, her family and friends this Induction year and for years to come as we work to preserve her legacy as one of the greatest players in the game.”

The Queenslander counts six majors among her 30 career victories.

Webb burst onto the international golfing scene in 1995 when she won the Weetabix Women's British Open and earned Rookie of the Year honors on the Women's Professional Golfer's European Tour. She successfully qualified for the LPGA Tour later that year.

Her talent brought her almost instant rewards on the LPGA Tour as she won in just her second tournament in 1996 as a member of the LPGA. She would win three other events in 1996 on the way to picking up the Rolex Rookie of the Year Award and becoming the first player in LPGA history to surpass $1 million in earnings in a single season.

She continued to garner victories and postseason awards at a rapid rate, notching 27 victories – including five majors -- between 1996-2002. During that span she also claimed three Vare Trophies and two Rolex Player of the Year Awards.

In 2001, Webb won the McDonald's LPGA Championship to become the youngest winner of the LPGA Career Grand Slam. She is one of six players who hold that distinction, all of whom are members of the World Golf Hall of Fame -- Juli Inkster, Pat Bradley, Mickey Wright, Louise Suggs and Annika Sorenstam.

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